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the handing out checks is an old mean going back to the days of ronald reagan and before that. even back to the '70s. so i think that what interested me was that michael told me just what a storm of hatred his own column unleashed today, which is very interesting. i think what's going on, on the fringes of the republican side and you can see it from the polling, there's more intensity on the republican side. not as many strong supporters of romney as obama, but those who are for romney are very strong. but the irony is they're strong for him not because they like him, they're strong for mitt romney because they intensely dislike the president. >> the fact that the north, the west, the midwest all support obama but the south intensely dislikes him. >> that's why the national poll numbers are as close as it is, because barack obama is through the floor in the south. and it could end up that the south will be solid once again. it goes back to the civil war and slavery and still there. >> let many ask chuck, could it be that the president, knowing that he would never get electoral
the handing out checks is an old mean going back to the days of ronald reagan and before that. even back to the '70s. so i think that what interested me was that michael told me just what a storm of hatred his own column unleashed today, which is very interesting. i think what's going on, on the fringes of the republican side and you can see it from the polling, there's more intensity on the republican side. not as many strong supporters of romney as obama, but those who are for romney are very...
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look at it, the party brand, i have always believed, mitt romney could have been ronald reagan, but the party brand was in worse shape than when reagan ever ran. i have always thought there was a 50-pound weight mitt romney was dragging around. >> let's go through them. apparently they're not popular with hispanics, with suburban women, not with younger voters under 35, not with even white independent voters which surprises me. what do you make of that? all these negatives. >> you just outlined sort of the future swing vote for the 2016 and 2020 election. i mean, look -- >> young people will get older, and they will vote. >> suburban women, that's a place where republicans have to do better. white voters in general, white independents. this is the problem, chris. it's across the board, and that's why it's not just -- chuck rightly points out, it's not just an election, it's not just a candidate. you're making a mistake if you're saying this is about mitt romney. not really. this is about the fate of a republican brand. chuck mentioned 2010. i look at 2010, 2010 almost in retrospect look
look at it, the party brand, i have always believed, mitt romney could have been ronald reagan, but the party brand was in worse shape than when reagan ever ran. i have always thought there was a 50-pound weight mitt romney was dragging around. >> let's go through them. apparently they're not popular with hispanics, with suburban women, not with younger voters under 35, not with even white independent voters which surprises me. what do you make of that? all these negatives. >> you...
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reagan, are any of these candidates ronald reagan? >> even ideologically, i don't think so. >> let's talk about where we are right now. people are undecided. we've got congressmen, iowa congressmen who can't make a decision on caucus day, chris matthews. this is a boring field. this is seriously -- it's deadly. it's deadly. >> you know what it reminds me of? replacement year in the nfl, remember "replacement year," the gene hackman movie. >> i think we're all feeling that, since members of the media -- >> we want a better show. >> we outweigh the people at the events. >> and by the way, it's not -- we're not just talking about the democrats. anybody that saw mike huckabee work a crowd, deliver a speech -- >> exactly, great characters. >> you would sit there, chris, and pat buchanan always talks about political athletes. . >> mm-hmm. >> we don't have political athletes in this field this year, whereas four years ago, they were all over the place. >> did you see christie out here, governor christie in new jersey -- >> there is a politic
reagan, are any of these candidates ronald reagan? >> even ideologically, i don't think so. >> let's talk about where we are right now. people are undecided. we've got congressmen, iowa congressmen who can't make a decision on caucus day, chris matthews. this is a boring field. this is seriously -- it's deadly. it's deadly. >> you know what it reminds me of? replacement year in the nfl, remember "replacement year," the gene hackman movie. >> i think we're all...
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that's what gave power to ronald reagan's version of supply-side economics. he was able to argue, at least, and i think sincerely, that it would help all of america. mitt romney, behind closed doors, made no such attempt to sugarcoat it in any way. he said, look, we want tax cuts -- >> trying to clean up for it, howard and cynthia. today in atlanta, mitt romney argued he would help the poor and the middle class. let's take a listen. >> this is how america works. it does not work by a government saying, become dependent on government, become dependent upon redistribution. that will kill the american entrepreneurship that's lifted our economy over the years. the issue of this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. i do. he does. the question is, who can help the poor and the middle class? i can. he can't. he's proven it in four years. >> spoken like a man born on third base. you know, given his name, his prominence, his wealth, given his education, prep school, and on to the ivy league, a man who doesn't like redistribution unless it com
that's what gave power to ronald reagan's version of supply-side economics. he was able to argue, at least, and i think sincerely, that it would help all of america. mitt romney, behind closed doors, made no such attempt to sugarcoat it in any way. he said, look, we want tax cuts -- >> trying to clean up for it, howard and cynthia. today in atlanta, mitt romney argued he would help the poor and the middle class. let's take a listen. >> this is how america works. it does not work by...
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the party brand -- mitt romney could have been ronald reagan, but the party brand was in worse shape. >> let's talk about the specifics. apparently, they're not popular with hispanics or suburban women. not with even white independent voters, which surprises me. what do you make of that? >> you just outlined sort of the future swing vote for the 2016 and 2020 election. >> ub urban women, that's a place where they have to do better. >> h is a problem, chris. it's across the board. that's why -- chuck points out. it's not just an election. it's not just a candidate. this is about mitt romney. not really. this is about the fate of a republican. chuck mentioned 2010. brand and haven't for a while. >> the importance, chuck, and you're the expert as well as you're the expert as well as chris, the importance of hispanic voters, the importance of younger voters is they don't all vote in midterm elections, but in a general election for president, you have all of a sudden all the negatives in the republican party blossoming into the most important things in the party. so it's the position again
the party brand -- mitt romney could have been ronald reagan, but the party brand was in worse shape. >> let's talk about the specifics. apparently, they're not popular with hispanics or suburban women. not with even white independent voters, which surprises me. what do you make of that? >> you just outlined sort of the future swing vote for the 2016 and 2020 election. >> ub urban women, that's a place where they have to do better. >> h is a problem, chris. it's across...
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whether it's ronald reagan with there you go again or david against goliath. >> i think this is one they loved how newt responded to their attacks in iowa. newt sort of grabbed it and it was -- he didn't handle it well. i think that's one thing. they think he didn't handle it well the first time. let's see what happens when we really drop a meteor on him. the second thing, though, is what does -- how does newt go forward in this a little bit that says, okay, you know, on saturday night ithought he responded with a very odd speech. his victory speech was not a victory speech. was still somehow showing a grievance. somehow showing anger. >> i thought it was aimed, after i thought about it, at this state's -- >> he didn't act like a nominee. >> but he's still got to win florida. >> not only that. what i don't get on the romney people is they make this case it's the long game. they are the ones ready. they are acting if they lose florida, it's a house of cards and the whole thing crumbles. >> isn't newt still trying to win up at the panhandle? the southern part of northern florida where -- w
whether it's ronald reagan with there you go again or david against goliath. >> i think this is one they loved how newt responded to their attacks in iowa. newt sort of grabbed it and it was -- he didn't handle it well. i think that's one thing. they think he didn't handle it well the first time. let's see what happens when we really drop a meteor on him. the second thing, though, is what does -- how does newt go forward in this a little bit that says, okay, you know, on saturday night...
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i work for ronald reagan and ronald reagan used to say if a man agrees with me eight out of ten times that's about good enough to have a political party. >> is that still good enough in the party? >> it better be because he can't really govern unless you have that view and i think all said and done i think that's the way mitt romney looks at things. i watched mitt romney as governor of massachusetts, what i saw there as a practical man, a man who knows how to make it. >> is that guy still controlling the situation after all the promises? >> everybody unfortunately runs differently than they govern. barack obama was against mandates. we've got a mandate because it was the practical outcome of the discussions with pelosi and reid. i think if you look to the way myth govern mitt governed in massachusetts that's about the way he'll govern as president. >> jesse in california said if you can't drink their booze, eat their food and sleep with their women and vote against them in the morning you shouldn't be in this business. do you think -- you're laughing because you've heard it before. do
i work for ronald reagan and ronald reagan used to say if a man agrees with me eight out of ten times that's about good enough to have a political party. >> is that still good enough in the party? >> it better be because he can't really govern unless you have that view and i think all said and done i think that's the way mitt romney looks at things. i watched mitt romney as governor of massachusetts, what i saw there as a practical man, a man who knows how to make it. >> is...
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. >> they used to say of ronald reagan, he only studied an issue long enough to agree with the right wing position. he didn't want to study another hour because he might find another point. people like that, they're not dumb. why do they make the decision to reach that they don't understand something because that's what? convenient politically? >> here's what we're going to prove with this issue and campaign is that we're going to show whose side people are on. when you take a position like that, you're not in the interest of solving problems that americans care about. washington poll came out, 77% of americans want congress to do something about this. when you take a position as a denier, you're basically saying i'm with the oil companies. >> i'm going to go wider on this one. this scientific denial, one of the reasons why many of the religious have succeeded is because they reconcile their belief with science. they don't fight science. what you're getting today from the right wingers is science itself is wrong. evolution. think about evolution. something we studied in high school b
. >> they used to say of ronald reagan, he only studied an issue long enough to agree with the right wing position. he didn't want to study another hour because he might find another point. people like that, they're not dumb. why do they make the decision to reach that they don't understand something because that's what? convenient politically? >> here's what we're going to prove with this issue and campaign is that we're going to show whose side people are on. when you take a...
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he went in there with one goal, like ronald reagan used to do, i want one headline, don't let the middle class be held hostage. he repeated it over and over again. >> reporter: he said it 19 times. >> he didn't want the headline to be switched by adversarial press or neutral press that didn't to want go with his line to say him, adamant, president adamant on rich paying 39.6%. maybe that's why you softened up to you. just an interpretation. >> reporter: i can tell you congressional republicans were happy with his response. they like to know there is some give. here's where the give could be, chris. nobody's talked about this. i mean, there's been some behind the scenes chatter on this, which is you could see tax rates temporarily go up just not all the way to 39%. it could be somewhere in the middle. ends up being the compromise for the one year. don't forget, this is all about setting the tax rates simply for 2013, while they negotiate larger tax reform. so, that could be what the wiggle room is. obviously, republicans have said they don't want to raise tax rates at all. they're fine wi
he went in there with one goal, like ronald reagan used to do, i want one headline, don't let the middle class be held hostage. he repeated it over and over again. >> reporter: he said it 19 times. >> he didn't want the headline to be switched by adversarial press or neutral press that didn't to want go with his line to say him, adamant, president adamant on rich paying 39.6%. maybe that's why you softened up to you. just an interpretation. >> reporter: i can tell you...
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they said you can't vote for ronald reagan. the public said, oh yeah? we're going to vote for him because we don't like you. >> there are a couple problems for mitt romney. one of them is he can't credibly attack newt gingrich from the right. now, joe scarborough can say newt gingrich isn't a real conservative. and that's damming coming from joe. but it won't work for mitt romney. that's u number one. number two. i just spent my day in sarasota, florida. the establishment republicans were as thick upon the ground as the e grets on the golf course. and they are saying if mitt romney goes down that road, it's not going to do mitt romney any good. i talked to a guy in sarasota. he's an established republican. he said if mitt romney tries to behave like newt gingrich, mitt romney will lose what i find attractive about him, which is he's the level-headed guy. he's going to lose that fight. so the problem romney has is he's faced with a choice. does he go after them that way or not? either way, he loses. >> the roughest political advice i got was don't get in
they said you can't vote for ronald reagan. the public said, oh yeah? we're going to vote for him because we don't like you. >> there are a couple problems for mitt romney. one of them is he can't credibly attack newt gingrich from the right. now, joe scarborough can say newt gingrich isn't a real conservative. and that's damming coming from joe. but it won't work for mitt romney. that's u number one. number two. i just spent my day in sarasota, florida. the establishment republicans were...
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he'd been in congress two years when ronald reagan came to office. that would be like saying 435 congressmen and we're all responsible for those jobs. government doesn't create jobs. it's the private sector that creates jobs. congressmen taking responsibility are taking credit for helping create jobs is like al gore taking credit for the internet. >> you know, it's another steve spencer line, the internet. they don't come from romney. what do you think? he cuts up those lucille ball lines, kardashian lines himself? i don't think so. let me ask you about this thing here. we were just talking. this is an interesting word here. he said that makes us sad. now, is that the way he thinks, that when somebody trashes a venture capital firm or equity firms that makes us sad? who is the "us?" he is now speaking in this regal, second -- what do you -- what are we talking here? the plural "we" now? the party? >> first of all you'll have to spend a little more time learning to appreciate the comedy stylings of mitt romney. it may be with us for a while. he is sad
he'd been in congress two years when ronald reagan came to office. that would be like saying 435 congressmen and we're all responsible for those jobs. government doesn't create jobs. it's the private sector that creates jobs. congressmen taking responsibility are taking credit for helping create jobs is like al gore taking credit for the internet. >> you know, it's another steve spencer line, the internet. they don't come from romney. what do you think? he cuts up those lucille ball...
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in the 70s, carter briefly, ronald reagan, clinton, then okay, total of eight since world war ii. name more stars. heros that grabbed us with the mag notice i am. in this century the 21st obama and hillary clinton. ten possible heros to lead the country in over 60 years. scarce. that is the word, scarce. the real problem i think is the few young people willing to enter the derby, to put their souls out there for our inspection, our approval and excitement. this, ladies and gentlemen, why we're forced to watch and me to cover this sparse arena, one life time want to be who decided he wanted to be president after his father failed, a couple ideologues and opportunist. the spirit of 2012 fluting itself across parade ground, hardly anybody today wanted to be president.
in the 70s, carter briefly, ronald reagan, clinton, then okay, total of eight since world war ii. name more stars. heros that grabbed us with the mag notice i am. in this century the 21st obama and hillary clinton. ten possible heros to lead the country in over 60 years. scarce. that is the word, scarce. the real problem i think is the few young people willing to enter the derby, to put their souls out there for our inspection, our approval and excitement. this, ladies and gentlemen, why we're...
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. >> ronald reagan was always underestimated. >> that's true. >> ronald reagan also said facts are a stubborn thing and joe biden is going to take mr. ryan to task on the facts. and he can connect with people as good as anybody that there is. and i thank him from his line the other day, you know. >> over the weekend the press called rhine out on another factually inaccurate mistake he made, this having to do with a runner. mr. ryan claimed to have finished a marathon under three hours, extraordinary feat, which turns out to be far from the truth. here's what the candidate told hugh hue with, an ally, by the way, last month. >> you did run marathons at some point? >> yeah. i can't do it anymore. >> what's your personal best? >> under three, i think high twos, two hours and 50 something. >> holy smokes. you go down to miami university -- >> when i was younger, yeah. >> people tell me that is one hell of a time and apparently one hell of a time and apparently not accurate. john? >> i will say that i am about as -- i'm about as likely to run a marathon as i am to go to the moon. drop dea
. >> ronald reagan was always underestimated. >> that's true. >> ronald reagan also said facts are a stubborn thing and joe biden is going to take mr. ryan to task on the facts. and he can connect with people as good as anybody that there is. and i thank him from his line the other day, you know. >> over the weekend the press called rhine out on another factually inaccurate mistake he made, this having to do with a runner. mr. ryan claimed to have finished a marathon...
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he was nominated for the supreme court by ronald reagan in 1987. it was opposed by ted kennedy who took to the floor with a strong condemnation on his position. robert bork was 85. we'll be right back. whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios >>> and if you just pull back from the immediate political battles, if you kind of peel off the partisan war paint, then we should be able to get something done. welcome back to "hardball." that was president obama this afternoon, actually, speaking about the fiscal cliff. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, house speaker john boehner plans to send his so-called plan "b" for a vote tomorrow. plan "b" would keep bush tax rates for everyone making under $1 million a year. how does this deal get done? joan walsh, there she is. and hendrick smith is author of "who stole the american dream." let's go right now. president obama called on republicans to cut and deal with him sayi
he was nominated for the supreme court by ronald reagan in 1987. it was opposed by ted kennedy who took to the floor with a strong condemnation on his position. robert bork was 85. we'll be right back. whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios >>> and if you just pull back from the immediate political battles, if you kind of peel off the partisan war...
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in the '70s, carter briefly, then ronald reagan and finally clinton, then, okay, that's a total of eight since world war ii. name some more stars. some heroes that have grabbed us with their magnetism. in this 21st century, obama and hillary clinton. ten possible heros to lead the country in over 60 years. scarce. and that's the word for it. scarce. so the real problem today, i think is the few young people willing to enter the derby to put their souls out there for our inspection and approval, for our excitement. and this, ladies and gentlemen is why we are forced to watch. for me, people like me to cover this sparse arena we see before us today. one lifetime wannabe who decided he wanted to be president after his father had failed. a couple of ideologues and an opportunist. not much of a field. the horror is no
in the '70s, carter briefly, then ronald reagan and finally clinton, then, okay, that's a total of eight since world war ii. name some more stars. some heroes that have grabbed us with their magnetism. in this 21st century, obama and hillary clinton. ten possible heros to lead the country in over 60 years. scarce. and that's the word for it. scarce. so the real problem today, i think is the few young people willing to enter the derby to put their souls out there for our inspection and approval,...
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he was nominated for the supreme court by ronald reagan in 1987. it was opposed by ted kennedy who took to the floor with a strong condemnation on his position. robert bork was 85. we'll be right back. >>> and if you just pull back from the immediate political battles, if you kind of peel off the partisan war paint, then we you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. >>> and if you just pull back from the immediate political battles, if you kind of peel off the partisan war paint, then we should be able to get something done. welcome back to "hardball." that was president obama this afternoon, actually, speaking about the fiscal cliff. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, house speaker john boehner plans to send his so-called plan "b" for a vote tomorrow. p
he was nominated for the supreme court by ronald reagan in 1987. it was opposed by ted kennedy who took to the floor with a strong condemnation on his position. robert bork was 85. we'll be right back. >>> and if you just pull back from the immediate political battles, if you kind of peel off the partisan war paint, then we you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a...
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ronald reagan, in part with the help of jack kemp a generation ago, found a way to sell supply side economics as a blue collar alternative. to sell it to the common man. that's what reagan and kemp were all about. the republicans lost the ability to do that. they lost the argument once. they're going to have to figure out how to make that argument again because if they're going to say that unleashing the power of the free market is the route forward for the middle class and the working people of america, they need convincing arguments and convincing people to do it. mitt romney, if you look at it from even the slightest distance, was arguably the worst possible carrier of that message. they need somebody else. they need southern populism or populism from somewhere, but they also need the proof. they need the evidence. and lacking the evidence last time in the election of a week ago, a week or two ago, people went with the -- what they knew, which was the president's belief in the power of government to work well with the economy. >> i think they realized during the campaign thanks to some ext
ronald reagan, in part with the help of jack kemp a generation ago, found a way to sell supply side economics as a blue collar alternative. to sell it to the common man. that's what reagan and kemp were all about. the republicans lost the ability to do that. they lost the argument once. they're going to have to figure out how to make that argument again because if they're going to say that unleashing the power of the free market is the route forward for the middle class and the working people...
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i think ronald reagan was the last republican to capture the state. >> i would say ask me about the recall. i'm referring to scott walker, republican governor there. the recall is on the ballot for june. the theory goes like this. this is a state that leans democratic if all things are equal. if republicans win this raum and walker survives, they believe it demoralizes the democratic base a little bit in wisconsin, demoralizes labor. does show this state can be fully in play and competitive as it was in 2004 when this was a state that karl rove was obsessed over trying to carry against john carey. if walker loses the recall, the reverse happens. there's still a slight democratic advantage in the state. democrats can afford a demoralized base and keep it competitive. republicans can't afford a demoralized base. >> 71% of republicans in the state strongly approve of scott walker. an equal number or more democrats disapproved. he said there will be a lot of money spent to convince the people in the middle. >> there's a senate race that could end up being pretty competitive in the state and th
i think ronald reagan was the last republican to capture the state. >> i would say ask me about the recall. i'm referring to scott walker, republican governor there. the recall is on the ballot for june. the theory goes like this. this is a state that leans democratic if all things are equal. if republicans win this raum and walker survives, they believe it demoralizes the democratic base a little bit in wisconsin, demoralizes labor. does show this state can be fully in play and...
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in 2008 for john mccain, a former white house council for ronald reagan was in charge of the process. you know, for romney, beth myers. eric holder did it for obama in wait. so it is always someone that's fairly prominent in the party. and has a lot of washington experience and lot of trust built up. with the tuck presidential candidate. >> susan, it seems to me this started with tom eagleton in '72 who had electroshock therapy and frank -- the press guy, never actually said did you ever have electroshock therapy. you think he would have -- you think he would have offered that up. >> you would think so. that's one reason we know the standard final question people are asked when vetted, is there anything i haven't asked you that could prove to be embarrassing if asked during the campaign. we have seen the process go more and more detail flood finances and drug use and employment of household workers. that's something that wasn't asked too far long ago and then became an issue with a couple nominees for senate confirmation -- for vice president. it has become a much more elaborate proce
in 2008 for john mccain, a former white house council for ronald reagan was in charge of the process. you know, for romney, beth myers. eric holder did it for obama in wait. so it is always someone that's fairly prominent in the party. and has a lot of washington experience and lot of trust built up. with the tuck presidential candidate. >> susan, it seems to me this started with tom eagleton in '72 who had electroshock therapy and frank -- the press guy, never actually said did you ever...
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. >> ronald reagan. >> that's what you saul synapses. now you're jack kennedy. >> the things that's so hard to analyze this debate, you could not watch the whole debate, you could start at the first minute and say what do you think about joe biden? and if people said, i kind of like him, then you like the debate and you thought biden won. if you said -- >> by the way, that's been said about joe biden since 1972. you either like him or you don't. >> he's joe biden. to joe's point, he's unapologetic about his joe bidenness, and i think when he embodies being that, that economic populist streak and the stuff at the end that you played earlier, chris, with abortion when he talks from that sort of i'm an irish catholic, i know who the people are, that's when he's at his best. i would say some of the laughing and the derisiveness, particularly on foreign policy, i thought was a little bit off putting and a little over the top. >> i think that's right. i think it was well-said by both. you. joe klein, chris cillizza. tea partier and birther ste
. >> ronald reagan. >> that's what you saul synapses. now you're jack kennedy. >> the things that's so hard to analyze this debate, you could not watch the whole debate, you could start at the first minute and say what do you think about joe biden? and if people said, i kind of like him, then you like the debate and you thought biden won. if you said -- >> by the way, that's been said about joe biden since 1972. you either like him or you don't. >> he's joe biden....
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reagan, of course, the great example of a true believer. it is because romney, as david said, doesn't seem to be a true believer that people don't want to stick with him? >> i report on the conservative movement and i do not see a mass desertion from mitt romney. are there some grumbles, sure. but that list you just read out, those candidates mostly come from blue states and they're backing away not from romney particularly but -- >> nevada? wait a minute, i'm checking you there. nevada, virginia, you think those -- hall haley barbour from mississippi. let's watch him here. he isn't running for any office. he told bloomberg, quote, i don't know what the question was but it is not correct that 47% of americans are on means-tested entitlements, on welfare. many of those people are retired military. perhaps a better way to say it is, you know, i made a mistake on that number. there's haley barbour. he's not exactly blue state. >> i agree haley barbour is from mississippi, a real red state, but what i'm seeing from the romney campaign is you se
reagan, of course, the great example of a true believer. it is because romney, as david said, doesn't seem to be a true believer that people don't want to stick with him? >> i report on the conservative movement and i do not see a mass desertion from mitt romney. are there some grumbles, sure. but that list you just read out, those candidates mostly come from blue states and they're backing away not from romney particularly but -- >> nevada? wait a minute, i'm checking you there....